User manual MINOLTA CLE BROCHURE

[. . . ] This manual is designed to help you understand the operation of your camera and its functions. Please familiarize yourself with the names of the controls and their locations on the camera, then read this manual thoroughly. * Advanced Photo SystemTM is a trademark of the five system developing companies. Easier to load. . . Advanced Photo System cameras use the new IX240 type film. This new film features Drop-in Loading to make loading your camera simple, the first time, every time. Indicators on the cassette tell you and your camera if the film is unexposed, partially exposed, exposed, or processed. Advantages of the Advanced Photo System New print formats. . . Classic C print, wider H print, and panorama P print formats are available with Advanced Photo System cameras. New processing. . . In addition to returning your prints in the format you selected, certified photofinishers will return your Advanced Photo System film in its original cassette with an index print. [. . . ] 24 FOR CLOSER SUBJECTS The green ready lamp will blink rapidly and the shutter will lock when you are closer than the focus distance indicated below. Print Format Focal Length C or H All 0. 4m - (1. 3 ft. - ) CLOSE-FRAMING GUIDE (C and H Formats ) For a subject within the focus distance but close enough to cause parallax, the close-framing guide will appear in the viewfinder when you press the shutter-release button partway down. Without lifting your finger from the shutter-release button, move the camera slightly upward to recompose the picture, then press the shutterrelease button all-the-way down to take the picture. The area shown by will be on the final print. Focus Distance · If the camera can not determine the focus distance, the green focus lamp will glow or blink slowly and the picture may not be in focus. 26 27 SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS Some scenes or subjects, like the examples below, are difficult for the autofocus system to lock on to. In these shooting situations, focus hold (p. 29) on another object with the same brightness and the same distance from you as your main subject, recompose, then press the shutterrelease button all-the-way down to take the picture. · Bright light sources such as the sun or neon lights · Highly reflective surfaces such as water, mirrors, etc. · Dark objects and surfaces with low reflectance · Objects behind glass, bars, or other such as partitions FOCUS HOLD Subjects outside the focus frame may not be in focus. Use focus hold to ensure accurate focusing. 1. Center your subject in the focus frame. Continued on following page. 28 29 FOCUS HOLD - CONT'D 2. Press and hold the shutter-release button partway down so the green ready lamp glows. REWINDING THE FILM Your camera automatically rewinds the film into the cassette after the last exposure. 1. Wait for the film to completely rewind into the cassette. · The lens will retract before rewind. · The frame counter will count down during rewind. · 0 will appear in the frame counter and will blink when rewind is complete. 3. Without lifting your finger, recompose the picture and press the shutter-release button all-theway down to take the picture. · Lift your finger from the shutter-release button to cancel focus hold. You can change one or all three title codes at any time. 1. Open the lens cover to turn the camera on. 2. Select the code for the title you want from the title list. 3. Press the title button to display the title code you want to change. Continued on following page. 50 51 TITLE IMPRINTING - Preselecting Titles 4. Press and hold the title button for two seconds. · The last digit of the title code number will blink. 1 2 6. Press the select button to make the next digit blink 1 , change its value using the adjust button 2 . 5. Press the adjust button to change its value. · Press and hold the adjust button to change the value rapidly. 7. Press the select button to make the language code blink. Continued on following page. 52 53 TITLE IMPRINTING - Preselecting Titles 8. Press the adjust button to change the language code. TITLE IMPRINTING - Frame Title Before taking the picture: 1. Press the title button to display the code for the title you want. · Each press of the title button changes the title code to the next selection. 9. When the title information is correct, press the title button. · The updated title will be recorded on the print if you press the shutter-release button. · The data panel shows the updated title briefly, then the camera exits the title mode. 54 Date/time display · Pressing any other button replaces the title code with date/time display. 2. Take the picture. The magnetic data is written and the selection is cancelled for the next frame. 55 TITLE IMPRINTING - Filmstrip Title An additional title for the entire roll of film can be selected. Both the filmstrip title and the frame title will be printed on the back of the print. 2. Press the shutter-release button all-the-way down to set the title. · The camera advances to write the data on the film's leader, then rewinds the film. After the film has been rewound and blinks in the data panel: 1. Press the title button to display the desired filmstrip title. · Each press of the title button changes the title code to the next selection. 3. When blinks in the data panel again, press the filmchamber release and remove the film. · Set the filmstrip title before removing the film. Once a filmstrip title is set, it can not be changed or cancelled using the camera. No imprinting 56 57 SELF-TIMER The self-timer delays release of the shutter for approximately 10 seconds after you press the shutter-release button. 3. Press the shutter-release button all-the-way down. · will blink in the data panel during countdown. · The self-timer lamp will blink slowly. Just before the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp will blink rapidly, then glow. · To cancel the self-timer, press the self-timer button or close the lens cover to turn the camera off. [. . . ] · Never leave your camera where it may be subjected to extreme temperatures such as in the glove compartment of a car. · At colder temperatures, the data panel response time will be slow. At higher temperatures, the display will temporarily darken, but will restore when the temperature normalizes. · Never subject the camera to extreme humidity. [. . . ]